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Amazon Debuts ‘Send To Kindle Button’

| 03/21/2013 @ 12:00AM

Amazon’s new Send To Kindle Button is a new web application that allows users with Kindle accounts to send content they encounter on a website or blog to their Kindle supported e-readers to read at a later time.
'The Chocolate War' and Other Robert Cormier Titles Now Available Digitally

| 03/19/2013 @ 11:00AM

Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers is releasing e-book versions of a dozen young adult novels by Robert Cormier, who died in 2000 and was known for his unflinching portrayal of adolescence.
HMH, Kno to Offer K-12 Digital Content Direct to Schools

| 03/19/2013 @ 12:00AM

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is using Kno, an educational software developer, to offer its K-12 core curriculum content directly to U.S. school districts.
Wiley, American Graphics Institute Launch the Digital Classroom

| 03/19/2013 @ 12:00AM

John Wiley is teaming with the American Graphics Institute to launch the Digital Classroom, an online educational resource offering a comprehensive library of video training and e-book reference works.
In Latest Twist, Penguin Demands Jury Trial in State Price-Fixing Case

Andrew Albanese | 03/18/2013 @ 12:00AM

Penguin last week filed a motion demanding a jury trial in the e-book price-fixing cases filed by the states and consumers.
LBYR Joins Storia

| 03/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is the latest publisher to add some of its titles to Storia, Scholastic’s classroom-based, teacher-recommended e-reading app for kids. A selection of LBYR books, from picture books to young adult novels, will be available on Storia in late spring.
Judge Fast-Tracking Bookseller Suit

By Andrew Albanese | 03/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday set an aggressive schedule in the Indie booksellers' suit against Amazon and the big six publishers, putting the case on track for an October trial.
Medallion Releases e-Reader App for Forthcoming TREEBook Format

| 03/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

Medallion Media Group has released its MMG Sidekick, an e-book reading app designed to support its forthcoming TREEBook technology and offer access to the full list of Medallion Press titles.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to Be Deposed in E-Book Price-Fixing Case

Andrew Albanese | 03/14/2013 @ 12:00AM

After a teleconference yesterday, Judge Denise Cote issued an order compelling Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit for a deposition with U.S. attorney questions.
DoJ Price-Fixing Case has Generated Over Eight Million Pages of Evidence

Andrew Albanese | 03/13/2013 @ 12:00AM

How complicated and costly is the Department of Justice's price-fixing suit? According to an exchange of letters over whether Apple CEO Tim Cook will be deposed, Apple attorneys note that it has produced over 3.6 million pages of documents for the case, while the publisher defendants have produced nearly five million pages.
SXSW 2013: Napster Founders Talk Digital Future

By Rachel Deahl | 03/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

In one of the "big think" panels on the last day of SXSWi, Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Sean Fanning discussed, with other thinkers, how they see access to content online changing, and whether big business is adapting.
Wiley Partners with Open Textbook Initiative, OpenStax College

| 03/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

John Wiley this week announced a partnership with Rice University-based OpenStax College, an initiative to provide free, open textbooks. Under the deal, Wiley will deliver content from OpenStax College’s two new biology textbooks via its WileyPLUS platform along. Pilot tests are slated to begin this fall.
Ingram and Taylor & Francis Sign E-Textbook Partnership

| 03/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

Ingram and global academic publisher Taylor & Francis have announced a product alliance called Routledge Interactive.
Literary Magazines Adapt to the Digital Age

By Gabe Habash | 03/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

There are 866 publications in Poets & Writers’ database of literary magazines, 14 of which were added in early 2013.
SXSW 2013: For Digital Long Form, Experimentation Ahead

by Jonathan Segura | 03/09/2013 @ 01:10PM

How do independent digital long form publishers make money? For every publisher, a different story.
Publishers Oppose Amazon Bid for '.book' Domain

By Andrew Albanese | 03/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a filing this week with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the Association of American Publishers came out against a bid by Amazon to buy the .book domain name.
Random House Responds to SFWA Slamming Its Hydra Imprint

| 03/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

After the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) came out swinging on Wednesday, slamming Random House's Hydra imprint, the publisher has responded.
B&N Signs Nook Video Agreements with Major Studios

| 03/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

Nook Media has expanded its video offering with licensing partnerships with Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, National Geographic, Little Pim, and Film Buff. The newly announced content agreements will bring thousands of additional movies and TV shows to the Nook Video catalog.
Skype Enables Free Group Video Calls for Schools on Read Aloud Day

| 03/06/2013 @ 12:00AM

Skype is allowing teachers registered as part of its Skype in the Classroom initiative to enable the software’s group video call features for free.

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